Published: 24/06/2008 Updated: 23/07/2021

CVSS v2 Base Score: 6.8 | Impact Score: 6.4 | Exploitability Score: 8.6

VMScore: 685

Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Argument injection vulnerability in XChat 2.8.7b and previous versions on Windows, when Internet Explorer is used, allows remote malicious users to execute arbitrary commands via the --command parameter in an ircs:// URI.

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################################################################################################################## # # Xchat <= 287b Remote Code Execution (tested on Windows XP SP1+SP2+SP3, IE6 & IE7 fully patched) # Vendor : xchatorg/ # Affected Os : Windows * # Risk : critical # # This bug is related to the URI Handler vulnerabil ...

CWE-94 http://forum.xchat.org/viewtopic.php?t=4218 http://secunia.com/advisories/30695 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29696 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/43065 https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/5795 https://nvd.nist.gov https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/5795/

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